In between these chapters, in Chapter 14, Gombrich digresses to discuss the first emperor of China, Shih Huang-ti, and his futile attempts to suppress the past.Ĭhapters 16-17 continue to discuss life in the Roman Empire, but moving from B.C. Chapters 13 and 15 introduce the next great empire after the death of Alexander, the Romans, and describe the political and social landscape that accompanied it. In Chapter 12, Gombrich describes how the Greek city-states of Sparta and Athens descended into conflict that significantly weakened them, thus allowing for the successful invasion of the Macedonians, who would soon be led by Alexander the Great. In doing so, he provides context for how their ideas grew to be influential in their respective cultures. He focuses on the philosophies for living that each person advocated for and compares them. He describes the culture and influence of the Athenians with great admiration.Ĭhapters 10-11 turn to the East, as Gombrich frames the ancient worlds of India and China through the lives of significant people: the Buddha, Confucius, and Lao-tzu. He introduces his history of the Greeks by telling the story of a 19th-century businessman who believed, when no one else did, that Homer’s stories of Troy were real, emphasizing his intent for the reader to find the same fascination and intrigue in history that they do in stories.
In Chapters 7-9, Gombrich delves into the history of Ancient Greece and its conflicts with Persia.
While each of these societies had its own unique culture and history, Gombrich emphasizes their shared influence on today’s world by describing what they left behind, including monuments, religion, writing, technology, and more. He then dedicates Chapters 3-6 to some of the earliest and most impactful early civilizations: the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians, the Jews, and the Phoenicians. Urn:oclc:864428020 Republisher_date 20120323175327 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120322092418 Scanner begins A Little History of the World by laying out how the foundations of human society were built by the innovative Prehistoric humans. OL686184W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 90.71 Pages 314 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0300132077 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:21:27 Boxid IA174001 Boxid_2 BL11203T Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New Haven Donor
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